Si Perempuan Cantek a.k.a Pretty Lady!

Once upon a time, a big monk and a little monk were traveling together. They came to the bank of a river and found the bridge was damaged. They had to wade across the river.There was a pretty lady who was stuck at the damaged bridge and couldn't cross the river. The big monk offered to carry the pretty lady across the river on his back. The lady accepted.

The little monk was shocked by the move of the big monk. "How can big disciple brother carry a lady when we are supposed to avoid all intimacy with females?" thought the little monk. But he kept quiet. The big monk carried the lady across the river and the small monk followed unhappily. When they crossed the river, the big monk let the lady down and they parted ways with her.

All along the way for several miles, the little monk was very unhappy with the act of the big monk. He was making up all kinds of accusations about the big monk in his head. This got him madder and madder. But he still kept quiet. And the big monk had no inclination to explain his situation.

Finally, at a rest point many hours later, the little monk could not stand it any further, he burst out angrily at the big monk. "How can you claim yourself a devout monk, when you seize the first opportunity to touch a female, especially when she is very pretty? All your teachings to me make you a big hypocrite."

The big monk looked surprised and said, "I had put down the pretty lady at the river bank many hours ago, how come you are still carrying her along?"

Motif hikayat zaman senjata misteri ..? Nak meniru abang green kah? Hahaha. The point is it was forwarded through email by Kak S. I happened to be the one who feel that it's connected to me. Apakah?? Menurut kata-kata tukang cerita itu, pengajarannya adalah kita banyak menghadapi benda-benda yang pahit, menderita, mereka-mereka yang melukakan hati kita, tapi kita tak mahu lepaskannya. Atau bahasa londonnya let it go.

Like the little monk, we are not willing to let them go away. We keep on carrying the baggage of the "pretty lady" with us. We let them keep on coming back to hurt us, make us angry, make us bitter and cause us a lot of agony. Why? Simply because we are not willing to put down or let go of the baggage of the "pretty lady".

Yes. I myself carrying that pretty lady. Bodohkan? But I have different twist of the story. If I were the little monk, I should part ways with that big monk. Kan?? Kenapa???

For me, it is easier to let it go when you dont meet the person. Macam nasihat Kak S, kita ni haruslah mengamalkan sikap forgive and forget sesama insan. She's right. I might forgive people and then forget about them. Yes, sometimes when you remember the person, it still feels hurt inside. Better forgive and forget terus.(Kak S sudah membantah yer dengan kenyataan ku ini..hahahaha).

But, I am not arriving at the stage again. Dulu pernahlah. And I dont feel I reach the time where I forget the person. It might be soon.

Whether I'm still carrying the pretty lady or not, well, like I said the easiest is just forget about that.

P/S If I can do what Clementine(Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind) did.....